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BTN Announces 2012 Women's Volleyball Coverage

By BTN Communications -
3 years ago

CHICAGO – BTN will televise more volleyball this season than ever before, with at least 50 matches set to air on BTN. The season begins with defending Big Ten Champion Nebraska hosting 2011 National Champion UCLA and Stanford at Penn State in the season’s first two weeks. The games will also be available at BTN2Go.

Starting Wednesday, Sept. 19, with Nebraska at Penn State, BTN’s fall lineup will feature a match every Wednesday and Friday evenings through the beginning of November. Also built into the schedule are at least two wildcard dates in November, allowing BTN to select the most appealing matchups as teams vie for the Big Ten title.

BTN’s volleyball coverage also includes the BTNVolleyball Report, a new, weekly web-only show hosted by Mike Wolf, who does volleyball play-by-play. Fans can also follow the entire season on Twitter @BTNVolleyball.

Last season the Big Ten tied a conference record by sending eight teams to the NCAA Tournament, with five earning top-16 seeds. Illinois won its first five matches in the tournament before falling to UCLA, 3-1, in the title match. The Big Ten led the country with seven volleyball teams ranked in the final 2011 AVCA Division I Coaches Poll, including three top-10 squads.

Below is the schedule of live matches that will air on both BTN and BTN2Go. Additional matches will be scheduled during the season for delayed broadcast as part of the network’s Student U initiative.

BTN 2012 WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL TELEVISION SCHEDULE (All times Eastern)

Saturday, August 25 7:00PM UCLA at Nebraska (LIVE)
Friday, August 31 8:00PM Stanford at Penn State (LIVE)
Wednesday, September 19 8:00PM Nebraska at Penn State (LIVE)
Friday, September 21 8:00PM Minnesota at Illinois (LIVE)Wednesday, September 26 8:00PMMichigan State at Nebraska (LIVE)Friday, September 28 8:00PMOhio State at Minnesota (LIVE)Saturday, September 29 8:00PMIllinois at Purdue (LIVE)Wednesday, October 3 8:00PMMichigan at Minnesota (LIVE)Friday, October 5 8:00PM Nebraska at Purdue (LIVE)Friday, October 5 TBDMichigan State at Wisconsin (On-Delay)Wednesday, October 10 8:00PMIllinois at Michigan (LIVE)Friday, October 12 8:00PMPurdue at Penn State (LIVE)Tuesday, October 16 8:00PM Purdue at Indiana (LIVE)Wednesday, October 17 8:00PMPenn State at Ohio State (LIVE)Friday, October 19 8:00PM Indiana at WisconsinSunday, October 21 3:00PMIowa at Northwestern (LIVE)Wednesday, October 24 8:00PMPenn State at Iowa (LIVE)Friday, October 26 8:00PMMichigan at Purdue (LIVE)Sunday, October 28 3:00PMPenn State at Nebraska (LIVE)Wednesday, October 31 8:00PMPurdue at Illinois (LIVE)Friday, November 2 8:00PMMinnesota at Penn State (LIVE)Wednesday, November 7 8:00PMNorthwestern at Ohio State (LIVE)